How to grow a verticle upright squash plant and other vines in a small garden space

[@gardenshedkent]

You are lucky that you have this kind of vegetables in your garden! This is good for those who have small spaces in their backyard. Growing them in verticle upright manner was really a brilliant idea. Job well done!

[@garden4tomorrow158]

Thank you for sharing! I realized this was uploaded 6 years ago but it's definitely still helping people today. I am growing my first summer squash ever and decided vertical was the best way. I didn't realize that pollination would be an issue! Thanks for the advice.

[@wisewillow5731]

Garden 4 Tomorrow it certainly is! I am here two years on from you, 8th year and still very helpful! Some thing very calming about consistent and reliable old time information in this crazy fast track world 😘 Thanks from me too in Australia in 2018 ❤️

[@theresachalmers8189]

I just use store-bought tomato cages for vertical planting due to its ease as I am not handy to build a wire cage but they are probably not as sturdy as yours. I really like the idea of lifting the growth off the ground to minimize fungus and pests problems. You gave a lot of great tips. Thank you.

[@boydcreek1]

This is a great idea! Got my plants and garden spot tilled and just bought the fencing today. Will finish it up tomorrow. Can't wait to try this.

[@churchwalk1]

trying it in London England this summer. Nobody else has seen such a sight. Very proud of them. Great method to grow up fencing frame

[@balling668]

I will definitely do the same thing next spring,i have a homemade trellis, but yours is far better,thank you for your time, thank you for sharing. good luck!

[@superslyfoxx1]

Great video and thanks for showing the male and female flowers in depth. I learned alot. This is my first time growing squash (or much of anything) and this video is helpful

[@Spqesq]

What a short, sweet, information-packed video. Thank you so much for posting.

[@tubininca]

Thanks for your very clear and simple video. I have started butternut squash indoors and they are ready to plant outside..I'm using your method tomorrow !..great info on pollinating also !

[@castleofcostamesa8291]

I am so inspired by your ingenuity and gloriously lush garden !! Thank you so much for this exciting video!

[@RenaC68]

Very nice garden and cool ideas! Thanks for sharing your videos.

[@jppep]

Wow, that's really awesome! My gourds and melons absolutely took over my garden last year, I wish I knew about this!

[@judithpyle5319]

I love the idea of the use of your wire fencing. I am going to do that. It should also make it easier to look for squash eggs, larva and the adult bugs. FYI. The female part of the plant that you put the pollen on is the stigma which sits on top of the rounded pistil from which the fruit develops. I teach my student to use the "sticky stigma to help remember and the stamen is part of the male that has the pollen on top. Memory tool for that is stamen has “men” in it.

[@southernproud132]

what a lush productive garden.. well done

[@awateaataahua7704]

Excellent job my friend , what an amazing garden you have ! You’ve just blown me away

[@ubunt2able]

thank you very much. We use cattle panel for our trellising, with T posts to hold them. We are noobies and love seeing how other people do things. Thanks again

[@harley1157]

This is how I do my squash, cucumbers and zuchini's as well....Although every year I plant in a different spot and they do great. Then....the leaves start to turn yellow and the fruit starts to turn brown! This year it started soing it again but no fruit yet. So I did a little reading. I added Nitrogen to the soil and see if I can catch it before it get's too bad. Yours are beautiful so green! Thank you the video was helpful with the male and female I never knew how to tell! Deb in CT

[@fattymoko]

I hand pollinate if I plant things at work (in a metro area and there are few bees.) Bees do their job pollinating where I live near a valley. It is not time consuming at all. One tip of the brush on the pollen and one touch to the female plant will do the job. It takes only about 5 minutes. I hand pollinate Japanese sweet kabocha pumpkins too. Easy, very easy. Sometimes, all you have to do is shake the brush on the female flower tip. I love your upright garden. Smart and very productive! Thanks for this video. Very smartly situated garden!

[@wendyboyd2355]

Try and plants and flowers it should attract bees

[@mmangla5575]

Thank you for the information

[@frankaredia]

I know I have come late to the party, but this video was very informative. I really learned something today.

[@ferretocious]

This is amazing!!! Great way to keep the vines out of the way of the mower as well!!!

[@DSal1959]

you did a great job explaining everything. Thank you for doing this video. I love chayote and I am trying to grow it and I had no idea how to, so thanks!

[@ingridveilleux4786]

Thanks for posting this great video. Your explanations are very clear. I especially appreciate the tips about the wire fencing with big holes so you can put your hand through to reach the zucchini or peas.

[@BarbieDollyG]

Thanks for this great video. I am attempting to grow spaghetti squash for the first time this year and didn't really know where to start. Your video taught me everything including how to self pollinate. .....as a matter of fact yours is the best video that I have seen on this. You are amazing! Thanks and enjoy your great looking garden! :)

[@ladygrace1023]

What a great video! Thank you for showing exactly how to help pollinate, and your vertical technique is really good. I hope you do more. Kind Regards, Susan

[@IEDarla]

YAY, I have a small area to plant a garden and thought I could put my cucumbers on a trellis, Well done thanks for the info on the pollen, I would have not considered that issue.

[@vjludovico]

Really wish I would have come across this before I let mine take up 15 feet of my yard. Looking forward to this for next season.

[@islandgardener158]

How many squash plants do you have inside those 4' diameter cages?

[@heatherhill6927]

me too

[@JacobsOompa]

Super fine video young man, always loved cage towers the best to maximize yields in less footprint area. Beautiful and neat, very doable and accessible especially for physically challanged growers....One of the best vids I have seen on here for maxing yield / access and care, LOVE this...bravo to you my new friend. Congrats!!!! Ken-Orlando, Fl

[@Eyes2C.]

Love this idea! I've done it with my cantaloupe before but never this. Will be trying it this spring. Thanks!

[@wisewillow5731]

Thank you for your clear and calm instructions, will be giving this a go 🙏😘

[@SRMccoygarden]

Beautiful Healthy Garden. You probably get less disease with them being vertical. Thanks for the show and tell. God bless, :)

[@LuckSpinner]

Awesome video! This is how I'm gonna plant em this year. You rock dude!

[@ddgrower]

Your garden is stuffed! Way to go man.

[@DJMovit]

Nice job, I like your method! Tim

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

This was GREAT! Thanks for sharing.

[@KristinBennett]

Love this...thanks for doing this video, I saw another one about manual fertilization that was a lot more of a, um, violent looking technique...I'm an artist and love the paintbrush approach much more.

[@painchaud2000]

I doing this on my patio and garden too. but yours are way WAY bigger than mine ;) Looks great!

[@Bigdogplantation]

Beautiful plants! Thanks for sharing!

[@georgeharrington4888]

Nice shirt dude. Really like your design, will definitely be constructing that soon

[@jmytvchannel7041]

Great idea 👍 pretty garden 😍 Thanks for sharing! 😃

[@WizardPaul]

Great stuff mate! Thanks for sharing. Paul from Australia

[@carlaynahalligan9991]

Your so cute, so modest. Also a really good gardener! congrats on your crop!

[@ceesmith]

Great use of space - I'm glad I came across it as I have about the same amount of garden. I decided to leave that for other things and use this technique but over pots in the yard. Thanks.

[@arkansastrash320]

I just want to say thats a beautifull beautifull garden and a great ideal for small spaces.i mite try that with sweet potatoes cause they over take the whole garden let them climb instead.Thanks for the ideal....

[@ilikealicia]

i'm jealous, you can grow tomatoes, sugar snaps AND cukes at the same time! down here in southern california it's already too dry and hot for the beans! thx for the idea to train squash upright!

[@llcoolrainejackson9050]

Excellent information video, I have a very small garden, growing Zucchini and Cucumbers vertically is the my only option, very helpful, thanks for sharing!

[@Lollicatt]

Tim, I'm in southeast texas and just planted mine. I think you'll be fine planting now!

[@sf.9731]

Nice!!! looks super, thanks for the training video. I'm going do it,

[@prolifepinay]

Brilliant idea! Keep it up, bro.

[@DevaJones03]

i'm in northern Louisiana & last year I planted mine in april & they did well so I wouldn't say it was too late but I wouldn't wait too much longer

[@dsyukon]

NICE LOOKING PLANTS ! THANKS

[@suzannea8180]

excellent! thanks so much. very helpful

[@mustafa1name]

Butternuts in space! It's life Jim, but not as we know it. They boldly go where no squash has been before.

[@michelledenny2253]

this is really good and helpful.thank you .

[@bigmooska]

Thats awesome I cant wait to try it!

[@leftysrightwich]

Beautiful garden!

[@MrBarrytone]

Very useful info here! Great work!

[@snowbear1394]

Thanks for sharing this video. Very informative. You have a very nice garden :-)

[@princesstigga]

Love your garden! I'm doing something similar to this with a zucchini plant this year...

[@lonniekruse5562]

thank you ...you helped me so much

[@ilikeskiiing]

Wow I have not been back here for a long time. So I will answer the most common question "how many squash plants per cage" FOUR! I am now into the next season here in P.R. and I will post another gardening video soon. Stay Tuned.

[@blazetot]

what a great idea. i learned from it, thank you for the information.

[@Shoemaker564]

The vines are very strong, I've never had a butternut fall yet!

[@2rcalkins]

Awesome Video. I am going now to see what is going on at the new channel.

[@xandrem09x]

great video. full of information

[@chuckwag0n]

Hey mike, when are you going to post more videos? You make a good host! Love the cages... I'm trying that this year! Thank you.

[@NannyLeeAndBaby]

Thanks for the video! This was packed with some great tips, especially for us novices. :) One person asked how many plants roughly per cage. I'd love to know the answer to that too!

[@courtneybrad]

Great! Thank you. Very good video!

[@OurFreedomGarden]

Best video yet I've seen explaining growing squash upright. How many squash plants do you have planted per round trellis? Would I do this differently if I am growing summer squash in the southeast United States? You keep saying that you have limited space, but your videos seem to show a lot of unused space? Again, great post. You should post more.

[@kennewbill8843]

Yes..finding 4" x 4" or better spacing fencing seems to be a challenge. Do yo have a recommendation on where to find the fencing?

[@Pigearvet]

Maximizing yard space by growing vertically. I'm in to this!

[@jthumphrey6009]

thank you for hints with the spaghetti squash I use the wire cage idea for my peas and beans- vancouver - orginally islander

[@FeedTheSoulStore]

Great Video! I want to give that a try. Would like to see the video when the squash are bigger :-)

[@ilikeskiiing]

Thanks. I am now only going to stick to this channel. I started the other one because I lost the password to this one - but now I got it back :)

[@Patzi2447]

Good vid thank you

[@ilikeskiiing]

Yes, you can give it a try, if you have lots of bees then they may not need any extra help. I've found that I get more squash by hand pollinating.

[@ilikeskiiing]

A roll contains around 100 to150 lineal feet which would supply the whole neighborhood :) Try to find a place that sells it by the lineal foot. I lucked out and bought 50 feet at a garage sale for $15. There is all kinds of fencing out there that will work - shop around for the best deal and try to buy only what you need.

[@democolor42]

very healthy plants, just beauty to watch. Where one can get such cages? in which stores? thank you for excellent video

[@Coryny]

GREAT video! Especially when explaining how to help pollinate the flowers. I threw some calabaza seeds in my yard and it's taken over the entire area and even spreading to the patio. The leaves for the plant are about 3 times the size of yours. Wondering if the fence would still work :/

[@jamilah0306]

hey we've gt a Santa Cruz here too, trinidad and tobago

[@neomisterp]

very cool. Does the metal caging interfere at all with "burning" the vines? Thanks for your great idea and sharing.

[@yergman]

great idea! Thanks!

[@emailmm100]

Awesome stuff

[@superheromomof3223]

I would also like to know which varieties work best. Do you use any pesticides? I had a horrible time with my zucchini and yellow squash with borers last year. Thanks for making this video!

[@jinnafer]

Fabulous job! I was wondering what type of squash you are growing there? I stopped growing squash since it takes up so much of my garden space but I think I will try planting it vertically. Thanks very much!

[@lakisbouz]

Thank you so much for your time and knowledge, much AWESOME info here... please do NOT tell me that that is your back yard? my god if it is you could grow at least 200 acres of produce on your block lolol

[@cherh22]

Hey Mike, Thanks for the great video. Would it be possible to grow a "Three Sisters Garden" in a City Picker? Such as, 2 corn stalks and 2 (pole) beans in the back and then 1 Crooked Neck Yellow Squash in the front?

[@sarahclarke6525]

Hi great idea! I have several butternut plant to plant so will try this method, but just wondering how many plant you plant in each cadge?

[@LadyShiva16]

Hey thanks for the great video. I really want to try squash this way next time! And, I'm on Vancouver Island. So maybe I'll get some good results too!

[@ultrakool]

great idea for limited space, however, you could fit an olympic sized pool in that yard ;p

[@MaYbYl8eR]

Great! Im going to use this now!

[@markiemetoo]

Hey great idea and execution! You said you dug your cages a foot into the ground, but did you use rebar to anchor them.thought i saw some in the video? thanks! YOur cloches look really nic, do you have a video to build them?Thanks..I love gardening!

[@ginfonte3386]

Wow! Great garden! I don't see any drip hoses. How do you water? Thanks.

[@deaconblue9038]

WOW!! What a gorgeous garden!! Hey what do you do when all those squash plants get weighed down with squash?? Do you have to add support to each fruit?? Are the vines/cages strong enough to hold all that weight up ??

[@harlan51537]

Do you have trouble with squash bugs? Great idea growing them up in a small space..but can you fight off the pests? Very nice well done video. Thank You!

[@11thronnin27]

great idea!!

[@PROTHRASHER]

GREAT VERTICAL GARDEN, WHAT TYPE OF PEST CONTROL SPRAYS DO YOU USE FOR YOUR VEGETABLES? I AM PLANNING ON GROWING SOME OF THESE CROPS IN MY EARTHBOXES IN A FEW MORE WEEKS WHEN WINTER HAS PASSED AND AM TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING FOR THE MOST PART ORGANIC, HOWEVER THIS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO MY ZONE 6 AND THE HUMID HOT SUMMERS WE GET WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSECTS.

[@bevdelliott]

Impressive!!!!

[@sanzidarahmansathy4298]

Good work

[@isculptu]

Good video. Show us your 2012 garden